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Idiom: The World is your Oyster
Each day is a new dawn, and the world is your oyster.
Every day we wake up, we get a new lease on life and should face the world with a positive attitude.
That’s what I tell myself every morning.
We have to be positive in this life; otherwise, why would we get out of bed in the morning?
Of course, there are many positive expressions that I can share with you and one of them is the world is your oyster.
Now, you may say that you don’t like oysters or that oysters are too hard to open.
You may be right on both counts, but the world is your oyster is an idiom, so it doesn’t matter if you eat oysters or not.
The world is your oyster means that you can take advantage of the opportunities that life presents you.
Remember the expression when life gives you lemons, make lemonade? Well, it’s the same thing.
Not all oysters contain pearls, but if you open enough of them, eventually, you will find one.
Life is the same way.
Not all of your opportunities turn out to be successes, but if you keep trying, eventually, one of them will pan out, and you will be successful.
In this life, you have to keep trying, and if at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.
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